Despite the high likelihood of Disney and Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, becoming a huge hit when it flies into theaters next month, no matter what kind of box office numbers it produces, the film certainly won’t be getting a sequel. That’s right, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, […]
Sean Gunn says Rocket Raccoon will have a “crisis of faith” in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
It’s a well-known fact that Bradley Cooper voices Rocket Raccoon in both 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and next year’s sequel, but fewer are aware that it actually takes two actors to bring the foul-mouthed raccoon to life. Director James Gunn’s brother, Sean Gunn, wears a green suit to provide the motion capture for Rocket and is […]
John Cena might be playing himself in Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the Thor series, will bring a slew of much-loved actors into the Marvel Cinematic Universe who many viewers would have never expected to appear in a comic book movie, including Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum and more, but a recent update on the film’s IMDb page may have revealed the most […]
Eddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander will not be the main focus of the Fantastic Beasts sequels
This past Friday, Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling launched a new chapter of their Wizarding World with the release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but it seems that moving forward we’ll see a shift in focus from Eddie Redmayne’s character Newt Scamander as the franchise delves instead into the story of Albus […]
James Remar joins Gotham as Frank Gordon
Deadline is reporting that James Remar (Dexter, The Shannara Chronicles) has joined the cast of Fox’s DC series Gotham in a recurring role as Frank Gordon, the uncle of Ben McKenzie’s Jim Gordon. The character is described as “a master at playing both sides and a man who knows how to keep a secret. Frank […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda would like to play Carnage in a Marvel film
It looks like Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is keen to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it seems he’s already got a good idea which character he’d like to play – the serial killer Cletus Kasady, a.k.a. Carnage! Speaking on the latest episode of Meet the Movie Press, reporter Simon Thompson said he’d recently interviewed […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them passes $600 million at the worldwide box office
Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has crossed another box office milestone this past weekend, with the film cracking the $600 million mark around the globe. Fantastic Beasts has earned $608 million worldwide to date, including $72.5 million in China, where it is now the highest-grossing chapter of J.K. […]
Star Wars standalone movies were originally George Lucas’ idea
On top of having George Lucas to thank for the very existence of Star Wars, fans may also owe him some gratitude for December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and other future anthology movies set in the Star Wars universe. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote Rogue One, Kathleen Kennedy revealed that before […]
Shannen Doherty joins the Heathers TV pilot
Shannen Doherty has taken to Instagram to announce that she’s set to appear in TV Land’s small screen adaptation of the cult 1988 dark comedy Heathers, posting the following image with the caption “sneak peek from the #Heathers set… jealous much?”. Deadline reporting that Doherty will play a “pivotal” unnamed character in the pilot episode. The […]
A deal between Marvel and Fox for X-Men and The Fantastic Four is “an impossibility”, says Kevin Feige
If you were hoping that the recent news about a deal between Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox to trade characters for Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 could mark the first step in a potential deal to bring the X-Men and the Fantastic Four into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then I’m afraid […]
